Epidemiological aspects of head lice in children attending day care centres, urban and rural schools in Uberlândia, central Brazil

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 189-192

  Borges, Raquel ^a   Mendes, Júlio ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Central Brazil; Epidemiology; Head louse; Pediculus capitis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; DAY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PEDICULOSIS; PEDICULUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX RATIO; SKIN DISEASE; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LICE INFESTATIONS; MALE; PEDICULUS; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SCALP DERMATOSES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 2342472841     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762002000200007     Document Type: Article

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